Remodeled saphenous vein as interposition graft for portal vein reconstruction in living donor liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1472-1475

  Chen, Chao Long ^a   Concejero, Allan M ^a   Wang, Chih Chi ^a   Wang, Shih Ho ^a   Liu, Yeuh Wei ^a   Yong, CheeChien ^a   Yang, Chin Hsiang ^a   Jordan, Amornetta P ^a   Cheng, Yu Fan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; ILIAC VEIN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SIDE TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34548068263     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21215     Document Type: Article

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